Women at the Bar: “Bans on Barmaids” and Feminist Legal Strategy in the 1940s
Posted by: Josh Levy
National Woman's Party Research Fellow Magdalene Zier reflects on her research into Goesaert v. Cleary, the Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Michigan’s 1945 ban on women working as bartenders, which was decided during a pivotal period for the feminist, labor, and civil rights movements.
Posted in: Labor, Law, Letters, Women's & Gender History